WORKSHOP

WRITING FOR PUBLICATION. Herbert R¹, Moore A², Baxter D³, Hasson S⁴, Simoneau G⁵, Hudson Z⁶, Kolt G⁶, Abbott H⁷, Ada L¹, Harms M⁸, Sundelin G⁹, Deutsch J¹⁰; ¹Australian Journal of Physiotherapy. ²Manual Therapy. ³Physical Therapy Reviews. ⁴Physiotherapy Theory & Practice. ⁵Journal of Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy. ⁶Physical Therapy in Sport. ⁷New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy. ⁸Physiotherapy. ⁹Advances in Physiotherapy. ¹⁰Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: By the end of the workshop participants should understand editorial processes and be better able to prepare manuscripts for submission to a scientific journal. SUMMARY: Editors from seven leading physical therapy journals will offer advice and guidance on preparing and submitting manuscripts for publication. The workshop will include presentations about editorial processes and tips for aspiring authors, as well as critique of manuscripts in small groups. Elsevier publishers are working in partnership with WCPT to publish Congress proceedings and will provide delegates in the workshop with handouts on manuscript preparation. There will also be guidelines for submittign to a range of journals availabel to take away. IMPLICATIONS/CONCLUSIONS: A large volume of research and service developments presented at both national and international congresses is never written up or published in peer-reviewed journals. Many factors may affect this including the authors’ abilities to prepare full manuscripts that withstand the rigours of the editorial process and a lack of understanding of journal editorial processes. By understanding more about scientific writing and editorial processes it is hoped that workshop participants will aspire to have their work published and feel inspired and able to prepare manuscripts for publication. KEYWORDS: Journals, writing, publications. FUNDING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Elsevier